Fluorescence imaging for real-time monitoring of high-intensity focused ultrasound cardiac ablation

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1352-1359

  Deng, Cheri H ^a   Qu, Fujian ^a,b   Nikolski, Vladimir P ^a,b   Zhou, Yun ^a   Efimov, Igor R ^a,b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Action potential; Cardiac arrhythmia; Electrical conduction block; High intensity focused ultrasound; Langendorff perfused rabbit hearts preparations; Optical mapping

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION BLOCK; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL MAPPING;

CELLS; DYES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONICS;

CARDIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RABBITS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 27244458204     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-6806-4     Document Type: Article

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